Effect of mechanical strain on solute diffusion in human TMJ discs: an electrical conductivity study.

This study investigated the effect of mechanical strain on solute diffusion in human TMJ discs (mean cadaver age 77.8) using the electrical conductivity method. The electrical conductivity, as well as small ion diffusivity, of male and female TMJ discs was determined under three compressive strains.

Lecture recording system in anatomy: possible benefit to auditory learners.

The literature reports that using Learning Recording Systems (LRS) is usually well received by students but that the pedagogical value of LRS in academic settings remains somewhat unclear. The primary aim of the current study is to document students' perceptions, actual pattern of usage, and impact of use of LRS on students' grade in a dental gross and neuroanatomy course. Other aims are to determine if students' learning preference correlated with final grades and to see if other factors like gender, age, overall academic score on the Dental Aptitude Test (DAT), lecture levels of difficulty, type of lecture, category of lecture, or teaching faculty could explain the impact, if any, of the use of LRS on the course final grade.

Evaluation of a lecture recording system in a medical curriculum.

Recently, the Medical University of South Carolina adopted a lecture recording system (LRS). A retrospective study of LRS was implemented to document the students' perceptions, pattern of usage, and impact on the students' grades in three basic sciences courses (Cell Biology/Histology, Physiology, and Neurosciences). The number of accesses and length of viewings of the recordings were recorded per week for each student and correlated with the grades in each of the three courses.